Plane lands with bird embedded in its nose after mid-air collision

A plane landed with a dead bird embedded in its nose like a grim figurehead at the prow yesterday.
The bird struck as the plane flew near Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport in in Venezuela.
It died on impact, leaving its wing dangling from the plane’s nose and a claw poking out behind the carcass.
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